This recipe for Vietnamese Spring Rolls with peanut dipping sauce is a perfect al fresco meal

My family is crazy about all foods Asian, particularly these Fresh Vietnamese Spring Rolls. They make the perfect, simple dinner, and after you make the Peanut Dipping Sauce, you can let people roll their own rice paper, which is pretty fun.

A trip to an Asian market is an adventure worth taking, and you’ll find that the ingredients are reasonably priced. Load up on fresh herbs like cilantro, mint and basil for other cooking if you go. But if you don’t have time to go to an Asian market, most grocery stores have the ingredients you need to make these rolls.

These recipes come from “The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook,” which is a great beginner Asian cookbook to have in your collection. Some other favorite recipes from this book are Japanese Mushrooms in Soy Sake Butter, Korean Japchae Noodles with Beef, and Chinese Beef and Broccoli.

Served with either peanut or hoisin sauce, the fresh version of spring rolls is delicious. Included you’ll also find a recipe for Peanut Sauce, which is so tasty, I usually double the recipe. It makes a great dipping sauce for fresh vegetables if you have leftovers.

Whatever is for dinner, I hope you can enjoy it al fresco.

*The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook

This story was originally published March 10, 2022 at 2:23 PM with the headline "This recipe for Vietnamese Spring Rolls with peanut dipping sauce is a perfect al fresco meal."